Economic Development Greater East EDGE Incorporated

Your support for Mountain Farm Community Grocery
reduces hunger
increases food security
supports work, agricultural, and entrepreneurship training
and creates Mountain Farm Community Grocery as a community reinvestment project.

Your donation toward $20,000 enables Mountain Farm Community Grocery to:

-complete the full purchase of  a building for the grocery to be able to open a pilot by this fall.

-pay for flood and liability insurance and legal services to acquire the full grocery space

Mountain Farm Community Grocery is a project of Economic Development Greater East (EDGE)--www.edge-us.org, an all-volunteer nonprofit. 

EDGE is reaching out to corporations, foundations, and writing grants for additional funding toward full completion of this site. It currently recently has raised $8k in private donations toward a $30k reimbursement fund to use for its $134k grant from the USDA that can only be used for site renovation and grocery store equipment. 

Learn more about Mountain Farm Community Grocery at the following links:
https://www.wvnstv.com/top-stories/volunteer-organization-trying-to-create-community-grocery-in-mcdowell-county/

https://youtu.be/b8tN4e9482k

https://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/gazette-mail-editorial-effort-to-bring-fresh-food-to-mcdowell-a-huge-step/article_043fcfb9-7a95-514d-af12-64b98d0fa112.html

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/group-works-to-open-community-grocery-in-food-insecure-mcdowell-county/article_782a57e9-5e3e-5ec4-95d1-f2a988c5210e.html

https://www.bdtonline.com/news/non-profit-seeks-to-bring-new-grocery-to-longtime-food-desert-in-kimball/article_42770644-8aac-11eb-ac39-17c11afad5ec.html?fbclid=IwAR1KoAPshJHk_7UwgaXd2I-KcX764gALicY4d1QyBLP_o-nqFhN6kONlO-4#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social